Headlamp carrier and adjuster



May 19,- 1964 E. S- EICKELMAN HEADLAMP CARRIER AND ADJUSTER Original Filed Dec. 30, 1960 INVENTOR Eugene S. Elckelman hem? in TAM 70W ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,133,705 HEADLAMP CARRER AND ADJUSTER Eugene S. Eiclrelnian, Christopher, Ill. Continuation of application Ser. No. 79,787, Dec. 30, 1960. This application Feb. 25, 1963, Ser. No. 260,742 1 Claim. (Cl. 240-60) The invention relates to headlamp carriers for use with the hard safety caps worn by miners and others, this application being a continuation of that filed December 30, 1960, Serial Number 79,787, now abandoned.

An object is to provide a headlamp carrier and adjuster, mounted upon the bill of the cap and manually adjustable downwardly and forwardly, and downwardly and sideways close to the work being done by the cap wearer, thereby frequently dispensing with an attendant carrying a lamp. Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter or will be obvious.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts hereinafter set forth in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a side view of the invention as applied showing in full and dotted lines different positions thereof.

FIGURE 2 is a detail bottom plan view of the invention with the parts in normal withdrawn position and the securing bolt to the bill of the cap in section.

FIGURE 3 is a detail section on the line 3-3, FIG. 1, with the parts in normal withdrawn position.

In the drawings the invention is shown as applied to a hard safety cap A having a horizontally forwardly directed bill B, the crown of the cap having a front socket C within which the rear hook D of the headlamp E is adapted to fit.

-1 designates the headlamp carrier and adjuster comprising a rear elongated standard 1, having at its upper end a socket 2 within which is adapted to removably slidably fit the rear hook D of the headlamp E, and having at its lower end a ball 3, forming part of a ball and socket joint, said headlamp is provided with electrical current by a conductor wire E. 4 designates a forwardly located short upright bolt boltable close to the forward end of said bill of the cap and having at its upper end a ball 5 forming part of a ball and socket joint. 6 designates a horizontally directed link having at its ends sockets 7, engaged by the balls of said standard and said bolt to complete said ball and socket joints, said link and said standard form the members of a toggle joint joined together in the center by the ball and socket joint connecting them together, and being manually extensible upwardly and forwardly into erect substantially vertically aligned position from their normal angularly related withdrawn position upon the ball and socket joint connection of said link with said bolt as a center and being thence adjustable as a unit arcuately sideways and arcuately downwardly and forwardly upon said center away from the cap and close to the work being done by the cap wearer.

Said carrier and adjuster is manually extensible upwardly upon said joint conections to bring said standard and said link in approximate alignment as shown in full lines in FIGURE 1, and thence downwardly adjustable close to the work being done by the cap wearer, as shown in dotted lines in FIGURE 1, said figure also showing in dotted lines the headlamp carrier and adjuster in its normal position mounted upon the bill of the cap.

Said link comprises two thin resilient parallel plates 6 of metal having circular socket openings 7 in the ends thereof of less diameter than and within which said balls fit. Said plates are located in parallel vertical planes to admit of the adjustment of said link as aforesaid. Said resilient plates are also adjustable towards and away from each other by means of a horizontal screw bolt 8 to exert more or less tension upon said balls for adjusting the tightness of said joints and hold the adjustment.

The invention is applicable to any suitable hard safety cap provided it has a horizontally directed portion corresponding to the bill of the cap shown.

The invention is usable with any suitable headlamp provided the lamp has a rear hook adapted to fit within the socket 2 of the upper end of the standard 1.

It is within the spirit of the invention to have the hook D fast to the rear end of a convenional flashlight.

The socket openings 7 in the metal plates 6 may have the circumferential edges 7 thereof tapered to fit the curvaure of the balls 5, thereby causing more friction and better holding of said adjustment. See FIG. 2.

The right is reserved to modifications coming within the scope of the claim.

I claim:

The combination with a hard safety cap having a forwardly directed horizontally extending bill, of a headlamp having a rear hook, and a headlamp carrier and adjuster comprising a rear elongated standard having at its upper end a socket and at its lower end a ball forming part of a ball and socket joint, a forwardly located short upright bolt mounted at its lower end close to the forward end of said bill, and having at its upper end a ball forming part of a ball and socket joint, and a horizontally directed link having at the ends thereof sockets engaging the balls of said standard and said bolt to complete said ball and socket joints, the rear hook of the headlamp removably slidably engaging the socket of said standard, said link and said standard forming the members of a toggle joint joined together in the center by said ball and socket joint and being manually extensible upwardly and forwardly into erect substantially vertically aligned position from a normal angularly related withdrawn position upon the ball and socket joint connection of said link with said bolt as a center, and being thence adjustable as a unit arcuately sideways and arcuately downwardly and forwardly upon said center away from the cap and close to the work being done by the cap wearer.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 963,036 De Zeng July 5, 1910 1,516,307 Reuter Nov. 18, 1924 1,725,182 Dorsey Aug. 20, 1929 1,768,201 Israel June 24, 1930 3,008,040 Moore Nov. 7, 1961 

